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Little by little, WhatsApp continues to get closer to some functions that made its most powerful opponent famous: Telegram. And now we know that the Facebook messaging application is already working on autodelete multimedia messages A feature that would help make conversations more private and secure, just like in Instagram Direct. But the news is not that this function is in development, but that we have already seen some progress on how it will work.
As usual, WABetaInfo has found the secrets of WhatsApp in its latest beta or test version for Android This does not mean that the function is already in the testing phase, but is hidden, for the moment, in the code of this version still in development. Wow, it still lacks cooking time. The good thing is that, thanks to the investigation of this expert, we have already seen parts of its appearance and operation. So you can send photos that self-destruct after several seconds.
Safer content
This is version 2.20.201.1 beta of WhatsApp for Android, which means that the content, operation, and design do not have to be definitive. But surely it is very close to what we will have in the coming weeks or months With this feature we can put an expiration date on the photos, videos and GIFs that we send in a conversation.This means that they will eventually disappear from the chat as soon as the other user leaves the conversation.
The idea is simple: when sharing a photo, video or GIF, a new icon with a sort of timer appears in the lower left corner. By marking it before sending the content, it will be shared in a slightly different format than the photos and videos we are used to. In addition, it will be marked with the timer icon, which will identify it as content to be viewed only once
Thus, once the interlocutor plays the content or leaves the conversation, that photo, video or GIF marked as temporary disappears forever. And yes, the interesting thing here is that, unlike written messages that are deleted afterwards, these photos or videos leave no markNor the message that content has been deleted. In other words, it will be the perfect crime if WhatsApp does not change anything from these tests to the final version of this function.
Unknown is whether, as in Instagram Direct, this new feature will alert users to possible capture by of the interlocutor. A very useful privacy notice that, although it does not prevent the capture and theft of the content itself, does manage to make it clear that the other person is not trustworthy or, at least, has had the intention of capturing that content that was going to self-destruct once seen.
No specific date
Of course, at the moment the most jealous users of their photos and videos, whether for sexting or not, will have to use other services Facebook like Instagram or the always private Telegram to exchange content.And it is that WhatsApp is still developing this function. Its presence in a beta version, although hidden, puts us on the track for an upcoming update not too late. However, from WABetaInfo they do not know the arrival date for everyone.
Without a doubt, another of those functions for WhatsApp that will revolutionize the hornet's nest and the way of using this application. Will it convince those who use other apps like Telegram not to switch chats? Time will tell.
